{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-283.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 283.003","heading":"GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ACT.","body":"(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), a county acting through its commissioners court may:\n(1) construct, acquire, improve, operate, and maintain a project;\n(2) authorize by resolution and issue revenue bonds, including interim bonds, to pay the cost of construction, acquisition, or improvement of the project; and\n(3) accept a loan, gift, or grant from this state or the United States and enter into any agreement necessary to obtain the loan, gift, or grant.\n(b) A county may not construct a bridge that traverses a ship channel or waterway with a maintained depth of 20 feet or more.\n(c) Except as provided by Section 283.104, a county may act as authorized by this chapter without the consent, approval, supervision, or regulation of the state.\n(d) A county performs an essential governmental function when it acts as authorized by this chapter.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 6. ROADWAYS","SUBTITLE D. ROAD LAWS RELATING TO PARTICULAR COUNTIES","CHAPTER 283. CAUSEWAYS, BRIDGES, AND TUNNELS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.283.htm#283.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"4e9269172d99f370c06521be8abdaab585c98287aede4c196647ddca15d382dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-283.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-283.101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}